Netherlands-based cooperative insurer and ICMIF member Univé won an International Best in Business Award during The Globee Awards 2021 last month. During the annual presentation, the jury declared Univé the winner in the Cybersecurity category for its launch of Univé Cyberhulp (Cyber Help), which has been included as standard for all insurance policies issued by […]
In September of this year, Belgian ICMIF member P&V Assurances launched a pilot project: a mobile agency where visitors can receive a free check-up of their insurance. With this initiative, P&V says it is taking an alternative route to local closures and the disappearance of designated contact persons in financial services. Over recent years, increasing […]
A key aim of Japanese ICMIF member, Zenkyoren (National Mutual Insurance Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives, President: Fumio Yanai) is to contribute to the development of the agricultural sector in Japan as it is also a member of the JA (Japan Agricultural Cooperatives) Group. Currently, in domestic agriculture and local communities in Japan, the foundation of […]
Earlier this month, Canadian ICMIF member Gore Mutual Insurance Company (Gore Mutual) was recognised as one of the winners of Guidewire’s 2021 Innovation Awards, for improving broker, customer, and employee experiences with InsuranceSuite in Guidewire Cloud. In their fifteenth year, this year’s awards honour Guidewire customers that are adapting to an accelerating pace of industry […]
Canadian farmers can now access a new on-farm fire risk reduction programme when they insure their farm businesses with ICMIF member Co-operators. The programme will provide farm insurance customers with incentives to promote farm fire prevention using the latest innovation in detection solutions provided by PrevTech Innovations Inc. The PrevTech Solution provides electrical monitoring, fault […]
Canadian ICMIF member CAMIC is partnering with the ICMIF Foundation to support its project with the DHAN Foundation to support building resilience through access to mutual microinsurance for low-income communities in rural parts of India which have been recently devastated by the second wave of COVID-19. CAMIC is pleased to announce that Co-operators has shown […]
The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany announced last week, on the margins of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), the sum of EUR 18million to subsidise the cost of disaster risk insurance for qualifying African Risk Capacity (ARC) Group Member States. In her statement, the Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Ministry […]
At COP26 this week, Swedish ICMIF member, Folksam has announced an SEK 1.5 billion investment in developing countries’ climate change and climate adaptation, in collaboration with the European Investment Bank and the Allianz Group. The UN Secretary-General highlighted the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance, of which Folksam is one of the founding members, as the “Gold […]
During COP26 – UN Climate Change Conference’s Finance day (Wednesday 3 November), MARI Oceans, part of ICMIF member the Asia Affinity Group, was featured at the COP Resilience Hub, where a select group of start-ups in emerging markets were able to showcase their innovative adaptation and resilience solutions. MARI voiced the benefits of seaweed for […]
Swedish ICMIF member Länsförsäkringar AB has announced this week that it has adopted a new climate goal within the framework of its climate-smart vision. The climate goal means that the mutual insurer’s own investment portfolios* and funds must be climate-positive by 2045. Fredrik Bergström (pictured), CEO of Länsförsäkringar AB says: “The goal means that we […]